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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We Mandans are Congregationalists, said this Indian chief," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Monthly Concert," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Cherries-in-the-mouth," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Plenty Corn" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It makes me feel very sorry when I think that next week my seat will be filled with my absence." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "FREELY YE HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Songs of the Sanctuary," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It would be esteemed a great favor if some church could furnish our people with a donation of hymn books for church singing. You may know of some church having a new supply of hymn books who would be pleased to give this poor flock on the mountains their old books. If so, they w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bob White whistle in the kitchen garden, following in plain sight the boys hoeing out the" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "cook the daily meals and can fruit from the garden and orchard for the Sunday-night dish of sauce during the coming year. Part of these are girls in the regular domestic course, a few are kept to work for their board and instruction rather than have them obliged to go into the c...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "lifting and blocking up the building section by section, who excavated exactly to the surveyor's stakes, who mixed concrete and mortar, who framed and handled the huge" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "timbers, who earnestly undertook whatever was told them--for this wa...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Problem, gets into the papers, sometimes painting a roseate-hued picture, and again some one, who does not find people of dusky hue all angels, writes that there is no hope; that all experiments leading to intellectual and especially to moral elevation are failures; and that...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Island, we drove, as directed, to the boarding house, seeking a place where I could at least lie down, to find only a shed filled with tables, where the men ate, going elsewhere to sleep. I asked Mrs. H. to drive on and, holding on behind the carriage, was groping my way along, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "While singing, the leader adds new words to suit his fancy and emotional fervor; thus the song often undergoes several changes of words in the course of a few months, all the time retaining the same tune. This is what is meant by" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Cold water preacher, if he does not preach them into something like a spell of hallucination. Their composure led me to believe that I would earn the title. Still I endured, and endeavored to give the plain truth plainly and earnestly; having a strong feeling that as I was in au...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She is well now! I said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "O, no, she is not; keep her in the house three days and I will visit her, then she will be well perhaps. If an Indian is not in a dying condition, they do not consider anything the matter. So, after I left, she ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No man can kill God's Word. It will live and his church will grow. We have tried to kill it in this village, but look at it now. It has taken hold of us, and we who have fought against it are now its followers. No man can kill God, because he alone is the creator of life, and it...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell our friends this for me, and tell them the Commissioners know that we signed it of our own will because we believed it was for the good of our people." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The white man is very uncertain." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Since I left for my home, I am perfectly well and safe. I am very glad that I havn't got any persecution come to me. I told my parents the first thing when I reached my home that I don't worship the idols and the ancestors when I marry. They did not say anything except, 'Do what...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have crossed the stormy ocean and safely reached my country. I have seen Tsing Ki, Fung Foo and all my friends at Hong Kong. God protected me. And we talked about our missionary society, how we should go on. Then we agree to try to have one good Christian brother, his name Moo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Kinny-garten, as they call it, to those who are forty and fifty years old. I have been exceedingly interested in one woman who is now attending school in the primary room. She said to me:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I done sent my daughters through school and now ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wish I could have gone to school when I was young, for as a fellow grows older, his remembrance comes shorter." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This yere chile wants a dress to wear to Sunday-school to-morrow, and her ma says if it don't fit she can cut it off and ma...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I then asked her why she did not put that down; she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dunno how to make a seben and so 'lowed dat would do. One young man has come to school but four half days, yet he has learned to write his own name legibly and can read some. He ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A Friend." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Susie's Birthday Gift." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A Friend" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "C.M.T.," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Friend," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Friends," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A Friend." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thank Offering from a Friend," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Donations," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A Friend" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A Teacher and Chinese Scholar, First Ch. of Christ," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A Friend," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A Christian Union Reader," }, { "from": "human", "value": "A Friend in Conn." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Friends," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A Friend" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pilgrim Church," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A Friend," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A Friend," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A Thank Offering, M.T.M." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Willing Helpers," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Coral Workers" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "L.M.S." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thank Offering." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Friends," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's the matter with Harris?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Positively," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good-night, dear Mildred!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look here," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And do you get it out of books?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Gipsy Queen," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dearer Than Life," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Gytha's Message," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "HE PICKED UP THE WHITE BUNDLE, AND HURRIED AFTER PETERS." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mother, we're afloat agin." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Coomber! Coomber!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There's a ship, Coomber, close in shore; I can hear the guns!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ship! guns! exclaimed the old fisherman, starting up in bed. The next minute he was on his feet, and working himself into his clothes." }, { "from": "human", "val...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What are yer going to do? asked her husband, in some surprise;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What are you going to do? asked Mrs. Coomber, almost crying herself;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nay, nay, old woman, the boat was made taut enough before I...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Halloo! here's Coomber from the Point," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What are yer standing here for? shouted Coomber, in some impatience;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "We can't do nothing else, said the man;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We'll try again," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let the youngsters go, said Coomber, as two or three married men pressed forward;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "But how about your wife, Coomber?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, never you f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We're too late," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They're all gone, poor fellows, said another, sadly;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, stop a bit; we'll look among this rubbish, and see what there is here; perhaps some of them are holding on to the floating timber," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hi!...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Only a bit of sail-cloth," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let's make sure, mates, said Coomber." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Steady, now; mind your oars; let her float; it's coming this way, and we'll pick it up;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What, nothing!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Only a child, and that may be dead," }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I think it's alive, said Coomber." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Run, Peters, and rouse up your missus; the womenfolk are be...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What gowks men are, to be sure." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Eh, what is it, dame?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ha' you been a-standing there like a post all this while, and never put out yer hand to help save the child?" }, { "from": "gpt",...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now what's to be done with her?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Won't she drink some milk?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I dessay she will presently; but who's to keep her? You say there ain't none of the people saved from the wreck to tell who she belo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are yer all gone mad that yer sitting out there wi' the rain drippin' on yer, when yer might be dry an' comfortable, and have a bit o' breakfast ready for a feller when he comes home after a tough job such as I've had?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I--I didn't know ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Couldn't you ha' got it ready and waited wi' a bit o' fire to dry these duds?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But the boat, Coomber, it wasn't safe, pleaded the poor woman." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We might ha' been adrift any minute." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You say he ain't come home?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I ain't seen him since he went with you to Fellness. Ain't you just come from there?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Of course I have, but Bob ought to have been back an hour or so ago, for I had...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yer father's all right, and a rare good fisherman," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ah, he's a good fisherman, but he'd be all the better if he didn't have so much of that bottle, grumbled Bob;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Here's a present for yer from ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I say, did you hear that? whispered Dick." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Was she saying her prayers, mother, like Harry Hayes does?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "But, mother, ought she to say that? Did you hear her? She said 'dear God,'" }, { "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Am I in a s'ip now?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're in a boat, deary; but you needn't be afraid; our boat is safe enough." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I ain't afraid; Dod is tatin' tare of me," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where's d...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then she's ours safe enough, mother, he said, rubbing his hands," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I thought you said Peters was going to see the newspaper man to tell him to put something in the _Stamford Mercury_ about finding her, so that her friends should know ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's a poor take to-day, mother," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, and I wanted a bit extra, to get some milk for the child, said Mrs. Coomber;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What are yer goin' to do wi' it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We can live very well without milk, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will feed the little 'un, and you'll see she can eat fish and bread as well as the rest of us." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Me likes 'ou," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I can't see him, Dick," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, well, never mind," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Have you filled both the baskets?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, that I ain't, answered Dick," }, { "from": "human", "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You might come and help, Dick," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Look here, I'll help if you'll just come and make some more of them letters. You said you would, you know," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Dick, you know I can't; you know I've forgot a'mo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't cry, Tiny; I'll help yer, and then we'll try agin at the letters. I know three--A B C: you'll soon find out about the others, and make 'em in the sand for me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'd know 'em if I had a book, she said, sadly;" }, { "from": "h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've forgot a'most everything my mother told me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, that you ain't, contradicted the boy," }, { "from": "human", "value": "You never forget to say your prayers before you go to bed. I wonder you ain't forgot that; I should,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "D'ye think God cares for us down here at Bermuda Point?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why shouldn't He? she said." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I know He cares for me. He loves me, she added, in a tone of triumph;" }, { "from": "gpt", "val...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look here, Dick, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and she threw her arms round his neck as he stooped over the basket." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I love yer, Dick, and I'll find out all about it for yer. I'm a'most sure God loves yer too." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But do you know what Fellness is like? persisted Dick." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There ain't no shops at all--only one, where they sells flour, and bread, and 'bacca, and tea, and sugar, and soap. They has meat there sometimes; but I never sees no books, and I d...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, daddy, take me with yer to Fellness," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Halloo, halloo! What now, deary?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "She says she'll go, said Dick," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes I do. You'll take me, daddy, won't yer-...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There won't be a storm, will there?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My deary, if I thought the wind 'ud be even a bit fresh to-night, I wouldn't take yer," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I'll take yer to see Dame Peters while Bob unloads the boat," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And shall I see the shops?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Shops, shops! repeated the fisherman, resting on his oars for a minute to stare at the little girl....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, Bob, get her unloaded, while I take the little 'un up to see Dame Peters," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, now, if you can make her out, it's more than I can," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, leave her here for half an hour; she'll be all right by the time you come back; there's no 'counting for children, and she may feel frightened a bit, for all she ain't cried ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, it's a book! There's reading on it!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What, what! exclaimed the old woman, turning from the fireplace to see what had happened." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What is it, child?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, daddy, daddy, look here! exclaimed Tiny;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She's just sat and looked at them letters, as she calls 'em, ever since you've been gone," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, she's a rum 'un, said Coomber." }, { "from":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Star of Peace to wanderers weary, Bright the beams that smile on me; Cheer the pilot's vision dreary, Far, far at sea." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Go on, deary, go on; don't you know the next bit?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'll try," }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You tie up the boat, and make haste in, Bob," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Take it out of your pocket, daddy, and give it to me, she said, as they were crossing the sands; and the moment the door was opened she ran in, exclaiming," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've got it! I've got it, Dick!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hus...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bless you, mother, the little 'un has got something better than supper. Dame Peters wanted her to stay and have some hot potatoes; but she was in such a hurry to be off with her prize that she wouldn't look at the potatoes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've got som...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's it all about?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't you see it's a kind man putting his hand on the boys' heads?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, anybody can see that, said Bob." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But what does it mean? T...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll take care of it, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Star of Peace," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, mammy, what is the time?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, you're awake at last. Make haste and put your clothes on, and come and have your breakfast," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Where's Dick?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He's help...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I won't do that nasty net. I must pick the samphire for Dame Peters, and show Dick my picture, first;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ain't Dick come home yet?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They ain't done the net yet. Tom came to fetch you a little while ago." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't want Tom, I want Dick. We're going to make some letters, and learn to read," }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dad won't say anything to you, even if he should see you talking; but he won't see, and I won't tell," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I can't, Dick, she said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "God wouldn't like it; mother told me that long ago." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But how is He to know if you don't tell Him?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't you know that God ca...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, dad, I thought you was out in the boat," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bob and Tom have gone by themselves to-day, for I wanted to clean the gun ready for winter," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come, I want you to sing a bit, while I rub away at this old gun, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sing 'Star of Peace'; it'll sound first-rate out here;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What do you think about that 'Star of Peace' deary? It's the ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He ain't a bad sort, you know, Tiny, if he could just remember that a fisherman is a bit proud and independent, though he may be poor; and if you could do one of them young 'uns a good turn any time, why, you're a sailor's lass, yer know, and a sailor is always ready to do a goo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll just have to stay out a bit longer, or go out in the boat a bit oftener," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Would--wouldn't you like to tell me about these letters, please?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, that's a rum way of asking, said Harry, with a laugh." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Suppose she wouldn't now, little 'un," }, { "from": "gpt",...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't, Harry; what a tease you are! said his sister." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I should like to tell you, dear, she added, in a patronising tone." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Come and sit down here, and tell me what you want." }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, little 'un, I s'pose if it's printed that way it's true; and if it is, why I s'pose we've all got a share in that 'Star of Peace' we was talking about to-day." } ]